Royal Caribbean Names Ships Oasis, Allure of the Seas

Royal Caribbean International will name the largest cruise ships ever commissioned the Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas. The names were submitted by a USA Today reader for a contest asking the public to name the ships.

A panel of five judges picked the winner out of more than 91,000 entries that were submitted to USA Today and Royal Caribbean’s “Name That Ship” contest. Royal Caribbean CEO Adam Goldstein told USA Today that he does not believe the line would have come up with the names on its own.

“There has been too much sameness in naming [ships] of late. It helped us get out of the box,” he told the newspaper. Goldstein also said that both names have to do with attraction, “and there are going to be a lot of attractions on this ship.”